"Most young people believe that professional success will depend on learning new skills throughout their working lives" (International Labour Organization, 2017, p.80)

Why young adults nowadays face such difficulties in finding a job? Why also graduated people do not always find job consistently with their qualification? Are the LLL policies able to improve the young adults' living conditions? How the young adults make sense of the LLL policies? And do these policies actually fit their needs and expectations? Which advices and suggestion deriving form research might be helpful to institutions and policy makers in order to tackle these problems?

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YOUNG_ADULLLT is designed as a mixed-method comparative study on Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom and focuses on LLL policies for young adults – particularly those in ‘vulnerable’ positions – with the aim to critically analyse current developments of LLL policies in Europe.

Throughout Europe, young adults face difficulties in their transition from schooling to working life. A large number of young people leave formal education either too early or are lacking the necessary and adequate qualifications and skills for a successful entry into the labour market. This has severe impacts both at individual and societal levels in terms of personal and economic growth as well as in terms of social inclusion and cohesion.

Moreover, the social and economic situations and environments of young adults across Europe, and even across regions, vary substantially in terms of specific living conditions, levels of participation, individual perceptions and life projects. These differing living conditions pose differing challenges for young adults who have to cope with societal needs and expectations.

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